medical supplies – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:51:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png medical supplies – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 European Union sends 82 tons of medical material to Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/european-union-sends-82-tons-of-medical-material-to-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-union-sends-82-tons-of-medical-material-to-venezuela Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:45:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5210

The European bloc sent a load of almost one hundred tons of humanitarian aid to the government of Nicolás Maduro, which should be sent to the health sector, the main beneficiaries. Full Text-> Explica

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Venezuelan doctors brace for coronavirus: ‘I tried to get a surgical mask. It’s double my monthly salary’ https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-doctors-brace-for-coronavirus-i-tried-to-get-a-surgical-mask-its-double-my-monthly-salary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-doctors-brace-for-coronavirus-i-tried-to-get-a-surgical-mask-its-double-my-monthly-salary Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:54:05 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2194

Venezuela’s doctors and nurses are bracing themselves for the impact of coronavirus amid warnings that there will be “carnage” across the country if the virus takes hold. The country’s healthcare system is already facing a desperate shortage of staff and medical supplies after years of economic crisis. By Harriet Alexander. Full text -> The Telegraph

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Crisis-hit Venezuelans turn to homemade remedies to fight virus https://onvenezuela.com/crisis-hit-venezuelans-turn-to-homemade-remedies-to-fight-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crisis-hit-venezuelans-turn-to-homemade-remedies-to-fight-virus Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:48:49 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2179

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic on top of an economic crisis that has left shortages of medicines and medical supplies, Venezuelans are turning to homemade remedies to protect themselves. Whether it’s hot drinks infused with lemon, salt, garlic or onions, cash-strapped Venezuelans are cooking up concoctions handed down from one generation to another. Full text -> AFP

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Venezuelans sew homemade face masks amid coronavirus quarantine https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelans-sew-homemade-face-masks-amid-coronavirus-quarantine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelans-sew-homemade-face-masks-amid-coronavirus-quarantine Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:44:05 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2176

After two decades of sewing jackets and school uniforms, Venezuelan clothing designers Stalina Svieykowsky and Nelson Jimenez this month revamped their operations to make the country’s most sought-after article of apparel: face masks. Shaylim Valderrama . Full text-> The Jakarta Post

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Venezuela hospital makes its own masks to confront new virus https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-hospital-makes-its-own-masks-to-confront-new-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-hospital-makes-its-own-masks-to-confront-new-virus Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:10:57 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2115

 Medical supplies of almost any sort are in short supply in Venezuela, so workers at a maternity hospital in Caracas are racing to confront the rapidly spreading coronavirus by making surgical masks, one by one. By Fabiola Sanchez. Full text-> Yahoo News

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‘Mask, gown, gloves – none of that exists’: Venezuela’s coronavirus crisis https://onvenezuela.com/mask-gown-gloves-none-of-that-exists-venezuelas-coronavirus-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mask-gown-gloves-none-of-that-exists-venezuelas-coronavirus-crisis Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:01:59 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2072

There is no ideal time for a pandemic, but fewer countries are less equipped to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak than crisis-ridden Venezuela, warn doctors and public health experts. ByJoe Parkin Daniels and Clavel Rangel. Full text -> The Guardian

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